Health Minute: Use RULER to Manage Anxiety

Mar 20, 2017

Women are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety than men. On this Health Minute, women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones, talks about the reasons why and offer suggests for women to manage anxiety.

Transcript

Interviewer: Women are more than twice as likely to be diagnosed with anxiety than men. Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones, why is that?

Dr. Jones: Well, changing hormones, brain chemistry, social pressures, and our fast-paced world can all be contributors.

Interviewer: So what can women do?

Dr. Jones: RULER, R-U-L-E-R. The Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence came up with the RULER project. It stands for recognize, understand, label, express, and regulate. Recognize it's anxiety. Understand your triggers. Label the emotion. Express it. Let others know how you're feeling so they can help. And finally, regulate it. Take a deep breath. Avoid caffeine. Exercise and get your sleep. The goal with RULER is to give you a toolbox to tune down your anxiety.

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